At 05:11 AM 8/21/2006, james king wrote:
>But there is a clear increase in sharpness as you go from wide to tele.
>With anything wider than the equivilent of 24mm being ususable. For
>example in hong kong at night using the tamron 80-200, tamron 90mm or
>the bronica 100-220 pe I get fantastic shoots on velvia 100f or 100
>which stand up well under a 20x microscope the detail is quite amazing.
Hi James,
If you're accustomed to judging quality by examining transparencies
for resolution/sharpness under a 20x microscope I'm afraid that you
might well be disappointed with the output from a 5D. Under
controlled conditions (tripod, MLU, cable release) you can get at
least 80 lpmm with Velvia whereas the 5D will top out at around 60-65
lpmm. The 5D file will be clean though and will print nicely.
Didn't you say that your friend was shooting digital? It might be a
good move to get some files from him to examine or use his body to
run some tests with your lenses. Even if you had to spend $20 for an
adapter it would be worth the expense if it kept you from making a
$2800 mistake.
Later,
Johnny
(Still trying to save James some money.) ;-)
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